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Table 1 Demographics of survey respondents

From: Surgical intensive care unit clinician estimates of the adequacy of communication regarding patient prognosis

Surgeons

(n= 20)

ICU physicians and NPs (n= 41)

ICU staff nurses

(n= 40)

Rank

Number (%)

Rank

Number (%)

SICU affiliation

Number (%)

Attending surgeon

6 (30)

Attending intensivist

17 (41.5)

Cardiac SICU

15 (37.5)

Surgeon and ICU attending

1 (5)

Nurse practitioner

4 (9.8)

Trauma, transplant, vascular SICU

8 (20)

Fellow

2 (10)

Fellow

1 (2.4)

General SICU

17 (42.5)

Chief of resident service or senior resident

7 (35)

Resident

19 (46.3)

  

Junior resident or intern

4 (20)

    
  1. ICU, intensive care unit; NP, nurse practitioners; SICU, surgical intensive care unit.